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Old Peter's Russian Tales

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Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all from Russian folklore, some comparatively well-known, others less so. Ransome spent some years in Russia as a newspaper correspondent for the Daily News and the Manchester Guardian and was peripherally involved in the revolution. In the late twenties he married Evgenia Shvelpina, Trotsky's secretary, retired from newspapers and started writing his children’s books. (Summary by AJM) (7 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Introduction and The Hut in the Forest

10:05

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple

32:13

Read by Jenny Lundak

Sadko

21:18

Read by Jenny Lundak

Frost

20:12

Read by Joan Freeman

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

27:59

Read by Jenny Lundak

Baba Yaga

29:02

Read by Jenny Lundak

The Cat Who Became Head-Forester

25:48

Read by Ashwin Jain

Spring in the Forest

3:23

Read by Ashwin Jain

The Little Daughter of the Snow

22:35

Read by Ashwin Jain

Prince Ivan, The Witch Baby and The Little Sister of the Sun

24:48

Read by Joan Freeman

The Stolen Turnips, The Magic Tablecloth, The Sneezing Coat and The Wooden Whis…

34:49

Read by Joan Freeman

Little Master Misery

26:24

Read by Joan Freeman

A Chapter of Fish

9:29

Read by Jenny Lundak

The Golden Fish

24:13

Read by Jenny Lundak

Who Lived in the Skull

3:18

Read by Varra Unreal

Alenoushka and her Brother

17:08

Read by Ted Nugent

The Fire-Bird, The Horse of Power and The Princess Vasilissa

27:33

Read by Jenny Lundak

The Hunter and his Wife

12:05

Read by Jenny Lundak

The Three Men of Power - Evening, Midnight and Sunrise

30:57

Read by Darla

Salt

32:56

Read by Jenny Lundak

The Christening in the Village

25:41

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Bewertungen

Highly recommended!

(5 Sterne)

I'm listening to these stories now, and Ms. Lundac (excuse if misspelled!) does a wonderful job of narrating :) I'd like to hear what other stories she has read for - it just makes listening to these old tales so much more enjoyable! Great job!

:) now listening to these beautiful stories as an adult,

(5 Sterne)

awesome interesting stories

(3,5 Sterne)

I just love it so much that I listen to it every night my favorite one is the magic tablecloth the sneezing goat and the whistle pipe